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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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November 24, 2020
Attys In 5Pointz Graffiti Destruction Case Net $2M In Fees
A New York City real estate developer that destroyed a famed graffiti space known as 5Pointz has agreed to pay attorneys at Eisenberg & Baum LLP, who are representing the artists behind the space, more than $2 million in attorney fees, according to a joint stipulation filed Tuesday.
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November 24, 2020
San Bernardino Settles Retaliatory Prosecution Suit For $65M
The California county of San Bernardino will pay Colonies Partners LP $65 million to end the development firm's federal court suit accusing the county of the retaliatory investigation and malicious prosecution of a co-managing partner at the firm, the parties announced Tuesday.
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November 24, 2020
Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Blasts Redo Bid In Bias, Assault Suit
A former Fox Rothschild LLP attorney has joined the firm in denouncing what he called a former legal assistant's "outlandish" bid to revive parts of her sexual assault and discrimination suit against him and the firm, arguing that the assistant rehashed arguments that the New Jersey federal court already rejected in October.
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November 24, 2020
NJ Judge Reprimanded For Hearing Her Landlord's Cases
A New Jersey municipal judge has been publicly reprimanded by the state's high court after admitting last year to violating judicial ethics rules by not recusing herself in cases involving an attorney who was her office landlord.
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November 24, 2020
Kansas Atty Suspended After Copping To Role In Cyberattacks
Oklahoma's highest state court on Tuesday suspended for over two years a Kansas personal injury lawyer who pled guilty last year to knowing about cyberattacks waged on his behalf against Leagle.com and others.
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